Lipstick: A Beauty Essential

We have been wearing lipstick for a long, long time. Research has shown that “[a]ncient Sumerian men and women were possibly the first to invent and wear lipstick, about 5,000 years ago.” Our love affair with lipstick continues. In the United States alone, 133.54 million used lipstick and lip gloss in 2016. The U. S. population of those 18 years old and older in 2015 was 247.73 million. So, about 54% of this population wore lipstick or lip gloss! Statista projected more people will do so through the year 2020.